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The present study was conducted to determine the perceived social support levels of women who undergo infertility treatment and their adjustment to the infertility problem. The study had a descriptive and relational design, and was conducted with 190 women who were being treated at the IVF Unit of a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The data were collected with the “Patient Information Form”, “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support” (MSPSS), and Fertility Adjustment Scale. The Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis H Test, and Pearson Correlation Analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The mean total MSPSS score of the participants was found to be 63.92±15.90, and the mean total Fertility Adjustment Scale score was 22.93±4.39. A statistically significant difference was detected between employment status, infertility durations, economic levels, marriage durations, and MSPSS total scores (p<.05). Statistically significant differences were detected between age, family type, and mean total Fertility Adjustment Scale score (p<.01). No statistically significant differences were found between the employment status of the spouse, the educational level of the participant, the source of infertility, the sub-dimensions of MSPSS and Fertility Adjustment Scale, and the mean total scores. Statistically significant and negative correlations were detected between MSPSS and Fertility Adjustment Scale scores. It was found that the multidimensional perceived social support levels of the participants were high, and the fertility adjustment was at moderate levels. It was also determined that as the level of perceived multidimensional social support levels of women who underwent infertility treatment increased, fertility adjustment was affected positively. Social support had positive effects on adjustment to the infertility problem.

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